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APA Citation Style (7th edition)

An Introduction to using APA Citation Style (7th Edition)

Course pack, custom ed.

Course packs - Reproduced Articles or Book Chapters (APA Style Blog https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/classroom-course-references)

  • If the articles in the course pack are reproduced from another widely available source without any changes cite that source directly, e.g. cite the journal article like a regular journal article or book chapter like a regular book chapter.

Course Packs - Original material (10.3 example 38-49 APA Publication Manual) For original material in a course pack, follow the format for Chapters in an edited book.

  • Use the course instructor name as the author (unless another original material author is indicated). 
  • If the author of the course pack material is unknown, move the title of the material to the author position of the reference. 
  • Use the course instructor name as the editor.
  • When the course instructor is also the author of the material, the name of the instructor appears twice as both author and editor.
  • If the instructor's name is not given, use the department as the editor.
  • Use the bookstore as the publisher and the date the course pack was issued as the date of publication.
  • If there is no date of issue, use the current semester and year for the date of publication.

Format

Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. (date). Title of chapter: Subtitle information. In A. A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of course pack, (pp. xx-xx). Publisher Name.

Reference Example

Smith, J. (2020). Introductory notes. In J. Smith (Ed.), Criminology 101: Crime in today’s world. Course _____package: Fall 2020-Winter/Spring 2021, (pp. 71-77). College of New Caledonia Bookstore. 

In-text Example
  • Some course packs are paginated continuously.
  • Some only include page numbers found on the original work.


(Smith, 2020, p.76)

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Custom edition (Sec. 7.02 APA Publication Manual)

  • For a custom edition book, the edition would be included as (College of New Caledonia ed.) and placed immediately after the book title.

Format

Author, A.A. (date). Title of book: Subtitle information (edition). Publisher.

Reference Example

Smith, S.. & Jones, F. (2022). First Nations (College of New Caledonia 2th ed.). Nelson Education.

In-text
Example

(Smith & Jones, 2022, p.47)